diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/widget/GeckoViewFlipper.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/widget/GeckoViewFlipper.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.widget;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.ViewHelper;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.widget.ViewFlipper;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+
+/* This extends the normal ViewFlipper only to fix bug 956075 on < 3.0 devices.
+ * i.e. It ignores touch events on the ViewFlipper when its hidden. */
+
+public class GeckoViewFlipper extends ViewFlipper {
+    private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoViewFlipper";
+    private Rect mRect = new Rect();
+
+    public GeckoViewFlipper(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    public GeckoViewFlipper(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 11) {
+            // Fix bug 956075. Don't allow touching this View if its hidden.
+            getHitRect(mRect);
+            mRect.offset((int) ViewHelper.getTranslationX(this), (int) ViewHelper.getTranslationY(this));
+
+            if (!mRect.contains((int) ev.getX(), (int) ev.getY())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
+    }
+}